What will you and I give for Christmas this year? Let us in our lives give to our Lord and Savior the gift of gratitude by living His teachings and following in His footsteps. It was said of Him that He “went about doing good.” As we do likewise, the Christmas spirit will be ours.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of gratitude and living a life of service during Christmas.
In this quote, Thomas S. Monson highlights the true essence of Christmas, urging individuals to reflect on what they can give back by embodying gratitude and following the teachings of Jesus Christ. He asserts that by emulating Christ's actions of doing good for others, one can truly experience the spirit of Christmas, which is not defined by material gifts but rather by selfless acts of kindness and love.
In practice
This quote can be used during a church sermon to inspire gratitude among congregants during the Christmas season.
Mortality is a period of testing, a time to prove ourselves worthy to return to the presence of our Heavenly Father. In order for us to be tested, we must face challenges and difficulties. These can break us, and the surface of our souls may crack and crumble-that is, if our foundations of faith, our testimonies of truth are not deeply embedded within us.
We are never alone when we stand with our Father in Heaven.
Things which provide deep and lasting happiness and gratitude are the things which money cannot buy: our families, the gospel, good friends, our health, our abilities, the love we receive from those around us.
The face of sin today often wears the mask of tolerance. Do not be deceived; behind that facade is heartache, unhappiness and pain. .. YOU be the one to make a stand for right, even if you stand alone. Have the moral courage to be a light for others to follow.
Gracias, danke, merci - whatever language is spoken, "thank you" frequently expressed will cheer your spirit, broaden your friendships, and lift your lives to a higher pathway as you journey toward perfection. There is a simplicity - even a sincerity - when "thank you" is spoken.
No member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who has canned peas, topped beets, hauled hay, shoveled coal, or helped in any way to serve others ever forgets or regrets the experience of helping provide for those in need.
We have no evidence whatsoever that the soul perishes with the body.
No man need fear death, he need fear only that he may die without having known his greatest power: the power of his free will to give his life for others
The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.
A philosopher knows that in reality he knows very little. That is why he constantly strives to achieve true insight. Socrates was one of these rare people. He knew that he knew nothing about life and about the world. And now comes the important part: it troubled him that he knew so little.
It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul.
Not much longer shall we have time for reading lessons of the past. An inexorable present calls us to the defense of a great future.
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